Brisk polling keeps Manipur peace
Brisk polling is going on in the second phase of assembly election in Manipur covering 22 constituencies on Wednesday.
Amid an elaborate security arrangement and tight vigil, voters in large number are remaining in huge queue in front of the 1151 polling booths to decide on the fate of 98 candidates in the fray.
The polling started at 7 in the morning with a brisk note where many voters started remaining in the queues well ahead of time and the polling is closing at 5 in the afternoon.
The focus of this phase is the Thoubal constituency where rights crusader Irom Sharmila is facing chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh.
Apart from it, the polling is taking place in the Naga dominated areas where the United Naga Council staged economic blockade in protest against the move to create seven new districts.
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Amid unprecedented security measures, the second and final phase of assembly polling ended in Manipur on Wednesday with huge turn out which might touch the 85 per cent mark.Barring a few stray incidents, the polling at 1151 covering 22 constituencies were by and large peaceful where the people on large number exercised their franchise to decide on the fate of 98 candidates who include Okram Ibobi Singh and rights crusader Irom Sharmila.Both they are directly pitted against each other in Thoubal constituency.Voting began at 7in the morning where electorates in large number made huge queue in front of the booths to exercise their franchise.
The first phase of assembly polls ended in Manipur with a massive 84 pet cent turn out on Saturday. The turn out figure is tentative which us expected to go up after the receipt of all informations from the remote areas. The fate of altogether 168 candidates are sealed in the electronic voting machines in thus phase covering 38 seats where voting started at 7 in the morning in 1643 booths and the polling peacefully ended at 5 in the Electorates in large numbers started making long queues in front of 1643 polling booths from 7 in the morning covering 38 assembly constituencies. Initially, the voting started with a dull note but gradually serpentine queues were seen in front of the booths...
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